Housing

Want to pay off your home loan sooner? Use the free mortgage repayment simulator from Contas-poupança

The Contas-poupança project has released a free online simulator to help homeowners calculate the impact of making extra mortgage payments. Users can test different strategies, such as one-off payments or regular amortizations, to see how they affect the total interest paid and the remaining loan term, while accounting for bank commissions and individual interest rates.

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If you are considering making extra payments on your mortgage to reduce your debt or lower your monthly instalments, this tool allows you to simulate the actual interest savings and the impact on your household budget before committing your capital.

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Council of State analyzes social crisis and housing protests

The Council of State meets today, 2 November, at 15:00 at the Belém Palace in Lisbon to discuss social cohesion, with a focus on recent housing protests and police interventions. The President of the Republic has requested detailed reports from the Government and the Ombudsman regarding recent incidents in Lisbon and Porto and the status of detainees and injured individuals.

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Protesters ready to camp: Ten tents set up in Praça D. João I, in Porto

Following a protest for housing rights, demonstrators set up ten tents in Porto's Praça D. João I on the night of Saturday, 31 October. While police dispersed similar camps in Lisbon and Porto earlier this weekend, the protesters are demanding changes to rental laws, a halt to evictions, and more public housing options.

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European Central Bank holds interest rates steady

The European Central Bank maintained its key interest rates at their September levels—a 2.50% deposit rate, 2.65% main refinancing rate, and 2.90% marginal lending rate—following its meeting on 29 October. Despite this pause, Euribor rates remain high and market expectations suggest a potential 0.25 percentage point increase at the next meeting on 17 December due to inflationary pressures driven largely by rising energy costs.

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